masochist vs perve

masochist and perve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
masochist	Yes	No	No	No
perve	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, perve is a hypernym of masochist; that is, perve is a word with a broader meaning than masochist:

masochist: someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
perve: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Other hypernyms of masochist include degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, pervert.

masochist (noun)	perve (noun)
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

masochist (verb)	perve (verb)
	look at with amorous intentions